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...have mixed feelings about lots of other things, like the political situation in Iraq, modernity, and the size of my thighs. I imagine it’s also healthy and normal to be scared to death of leaving the place that has been to me what that blanket was to Linus in Peanuts: a security blanket...
Huma Farid: A blanket her grandmother made on a loom...
...including Buttenwieser University Professor Stanley Hoffmann and History Department Chair Andrew Gordon, also said that the three areas would allow students to graduate without taking courses in certain important disciplines like moral reasoning, history, and foreign cultures.“I think it is a serious mistake in the blanket condemnations of the Core to not provide a shelter for those types of courses,” Hoffmann said.Saltonstall Professor of History Charles S. Maier ’60, a member of the General Education committee, dismissed concerns that the proposed curriculum gives students too much freedom, arguing that most...
Jones went on to describe the Mather House community as somewhat of a security blanket for her. “My friends tease me because I’m at every meal for the full meal time,” says Jones. “I don’t even particularly like the food, but it’s just where everyone comes to socialize. I’m very worried about missing this next year. It scares me that I won’t have constant access to dozens of friends at all hours...
...witness heard him say, "I'm not going down for this alone." To avoid roiling the other prisoners and prevent decomposition of the body, al-Jamadi's corpse was iced down and held in the interrogation room overnight. The next day, wrapped in a body bag, covered with a blanket and with an intravenous tube taped to his arm, al-Jamadi was spirited out of Abu Ghraib as if he were merely an invalid. The location of his remains has not been made public...